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31 Cards in this Set
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OMA |
benign tumor |
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CARCINOMA |
malignant epithelial tumor |
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SARCOMA |
malignant connective (mesenchymal) tumor |
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ADENOMA |
glandular |
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FIBROMA |
fibrous |
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MYOMA |
muscle |
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Rhabdomyoma |
striated muscles |
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Leiomyoma |
smooth muscle |
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LIPOMA |
adipose (fat) |
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OSTEOMA |
bone |
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CHONDROMA |
cartilage |
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SQUAMOUS PAPILLOMA |
skin |
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ADENOCARCINOMA |
MALIGNANT LESION WITH A GLANDULAR GROWTH PATTERN |
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SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA |
A MALIGNANT LESION PRODUCING SQUAMOUS CELLS |
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TERATOMAS |
TUMORS THAT HAVE CELLS REPRESENTING MORE THAN ONE GERM LAYER |
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LEUKEMIAS |
TUMORS OF HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS ARISING IN THE BONE MARROW |
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LYMPHOMA |
MALIGNANT SOLID TUMOR ARISING FROM LYMPHOID TISSUE (NODAL OREXTRANODAL) |
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GERM CELL TUMORS |
ARISE FROM GERMINAL (TOTIPOTENTIAL) EPITHELIUM |
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TUMORS OF NEUROGLIAL ELEMENTS |
ASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMAS EPENDYMOMAS |
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EMBRYONIC TUMORS |
ORIGINATE FROM PRIMITIVE PLURIPOTENTIAL CELLS |
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PAPILLARY |
POSSESSING FROND-LIKE STRUCTURES |
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MEDULLARY |
IMPLIES A SOFT TUMOR WITH BRAIN-LIKE CONSISTENCY |
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SCIRRHOUS |
A HARD TUMOR RESULTING FROM DESMOPLASIA (REACTIVE FIBROSIS) DISTORTING SURROUNDING TISSUES |
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MUCINOUS |
IMPLIES MUCIN PRODUCTION BY THE NEOPLASTIC CELLS |
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COMEDO |
REFERS TO NECROTIC MATERIAL RESEMBLING A COMEDONE OR PIMPLE |
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ANAPLASIA |
LACK OF DIFFERENTIAITON |
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ROUTE OF METASTASIS OF CARCINOMA |
LYMPH VESSELS |
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ROUTE OF METASTASIS OF SARCOMA |
BLOOD VESSELS
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DESMOPLASIA |
A REACTIVE FIBROSIS TO THE MALIGNANT CELLS RENDERING THE LESION HARD (SCIRRHOUS). SEEN MOST OFTEN WITH CARCINOMAS.
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CARCINOMA IN SITU |
CANCER THAT HAS STAYED IN THE PLACE WHERE IT BEGAN AND HAS NOT SPREAD TO NEIGHBORING TISSUES, INTACT BASEMENT MEMBRANE
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PLEOMORPHISM |
TUMOR CELLS VARY IN SIZE AND SHAPE
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